| LC control no. | sh 85071248 |
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| Topical heading | Kadesh, Battle of, Kadesh, ca. 1300 B.C. |
| Variant(s) | Kadesh, Battle of, 1300 B.C.(?) Qadesh, Battle of, Kadesh, ca. 1300 B.C. |
| See also | Egypt--History--Nineteenth dynasty, ca. 1320-1200 B.C. Hittites--History Syria--History--To 333 B.C. |
| Found in | Britannica Micro. (1275 B.C.) Bunson, M. The encyc. of ancient Egypt, c1991 (Kadesh, Battle of, fifth year of the reign of Ramesses II (c. 1290-1224 B.C.) Cambridge Encyc. of the Middle East and N. Afr., 1988: p. 40 (battle of Qadesh (c1285 BC)) Dupuy, R. Encyc. of military hist., 1970: p. 6 (Battle of Kadesh, 1294) Eggenberger, D. Dict. of battles, 1967 (Kadesh (Egyptian-Hittite Wars) 1288 B.C.) Encyc. Amer., 1999 (1286 or 1300 B.C.) Introd. to ancient Egypt, 1979: p. 65 (battle at Qadesh) Oxford ency. of ancient Egypt, 2001: v. 2, p. 219 (Kadesh-on-th-Orontes, where Ramesses II (r. 1304-1237 B.C.) met the Hittites in battle (c. 1274 BCE)) Shaw, I. The dictionary of ancient Egypt, 1995 (Qadesh, Battle of (c. 1274 BC)) Web search on Google, Oct. 9, 2002 (dates for battle vary widely from 1330 to 1274 B.C.) |
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